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grantmac:
I'm not sure about cherry as I've never used it. In general a warbow likes to have compression strong wood.
I think I'll have the roughing out and a good start on floor-tillering by tomorrow night.
Cheers,
Grant
grantmac:
Got it roughed out and floor-tillered (as much as you can with a bow this weight). I am currently debating on nocks for it. I think I'm going to go with just a sharply tapered end, small side-nock and use a sliding loop with a timber hitch for the bottom. Could make stringing interesting but we'll see.
Pictures later today.
Cheers,
Grant
grantmac:
Update with pics:
For one thing it looks like the ERC is going to be just too soft for self-nocks so I'm waiting for the glue to dry on some Ipe back-nocks. Not terribly authentic but it will have to suffice. Also I managed to get a string on it at very low brace but getting it off of the side-nocks (was a running loop) was damn near impossible and it cut a small sliver of wood off the belly.
Here are the tips as they were just before I cut the small side-nocks:
This give you an idea of what belly profile I'm shooting for. It's a very rounded rectangle as some of the MR bows appear to be with rounded tips.
If anyone knows how far this is from historical accuracy I'd be pleased to make an adjustment at this stage in the game.
Here we are pulling about 6-7" on the tree. Estimating my weight to be around 60-70lbs so I have plenty of wood to make weight, now I need a heavier scale:
As always tillering input is greatly appriciate and I think I'll have it braced by tomorrow.
Cheers,
Grant
The Burnt Hill Archer:
this is going to be interesting. ive been wanting to try a heavy bow for a while now, maybe this'll help push me...
Phil
radius:
grant, how do you like the erc so far? and where did you get it? windsor plywood? I see they still have some ipe boards out there...didn't ask the price, i was buying something else and it was closing time...do you remember the price of ipe per board foot? thanks
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